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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (103481)	9/24/2022 5:30:04 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104160

i am doing fine here -- fortunately (for me), Fiona's track was quite a bit east of me. the worst of the wind was during the night - probably no more than 40 mph winds, and this morning, just 35 or so and dwindled out by around 3 p.m. lost power twice -- from 2 until 9 a.m. and again this afternoon. but all in all, it was a very mild storm in this area - compared to Dorian which was 3 years ago almost to the day and was more a direct hit on this area. now, further to the east, Fiona has done some pretty major damage. i have friends in those areas and most lost some large trees. The problem was that the trees still have all their leaves and wind just tore them out of the ground -- knocked them over. An arborist was interviewed today and said that the biggest, healthiest trees with the best canopies are the ones most likely to go down in such sustained high winds. I think they had more like 80 to 90 mph winds in places. We had 60 mph winds during Dorian in 2019 and that knocked over a couple of the biggest trees on my property... happens even worse when there has been some rain ahead of the storm to soften up the soil. anyhow, i've seen photos of a lot of flooding on Cape Breton Island. I don't think you will see anyone talking about this, but the areas where a lot of the worst flooding has occurred is in areas below where there has been very extensive clearcutting of forests. the other places that got hit hard -- Port aux Basques in Newfoundland. It's a pretty windy region to start with, but the hurricane went right there on its way north. Also, the northeast part of Prince Edward Island. I have not seen too many photos out of those areas yet, but I'm sure we will. So, the question is, why we are getting such strong storms up here now. They used to die out on the way north. Not any more. Surface temperature of the ocean is a lot warmer than it used to be. I wrote that about the sharks last year. Well, there are getting to be more of them up here. They are being tracked by researchers. Last week, a Blue Shark was seen up in the Bay of Fundy. I think they are mostly a warm water shark. There are starting to be more of those giant Sunfish being seen. Some people have found seahorses on seaweed -- another thing never seen up here before. All indications point to a warming ocean that is more friendly to hurricanes. Not good for us, of course, as we are surrounded by ocean. Anyhow, my place dodged the bullet this time. I'm well equipped to deal with power outages and bad weather, but I rather not have to at all. ~croc